Estimating answers (age 7+)
Estimate and read time with increasing accuracy to the nearest minute; record and compare time in terms of seconds, minutes, and hours
What a learner can do afterwards
- Read an analogue clock to the nearest minute
- Estimate how long an activity takes in minutes or seconds
- Compare two durations and determine which is longer
The lesson
You already know how to read a clock to the minute. Now you will use that skill to find out how long something lasts. That amount of time is called a duration.
Mia's piano practice starts at 4:05 and ends at 4:20. To find how long it lasted, count forward from 5 to 20. That is 15 minutes.
To compare two durations, look at the number of minutes. The one with more minutes takes longer, as long as you count both the same way.
To find a duration, read the clock, count the minutes between start and end, and compare which one took longer.
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Where it sits
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Where this leads
8 questions wait behind this lesson, each with its answer explained. Every answer feeds the sky: stars light as they are learned, and dim when it is time to come back.